Lord Drayson: A copy of the president's letter sent to the Ministry of Defence dated 5 April, which refers to a Pensions Appeal Tribunal decision in the case of Mr Mark McGreevy, has been placed in the Library with the agreement of the parties concerned. A copy of the response from the Ministry of Defence dated 5 June, which explains the application of Gulf War syndrome as an umbrella term, in accordance with the decision in the Martin case, has also been placed in the Library.
	The Ministry of Defence acknowledges that the notification letters that were sent to Mr McGreevy included, under the umbrella term of Gulf War syndrome, conditions which had previously been awarded and which were not the subject of subsequent appeals. The Ministry of Defence did this in good faith but accepts that it went further than required and has apologised to the president of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for this. Guidance is now in place to prevent this from happening in future notification letters.

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: The statistical information requested is too detailed to be placed as a formal answer. I will place a copy in the House Library.
	In April 1998, the Home Office counting rules for recorded crime were expanded to include certain additional summary offences. In April 2002, the national crime recording standard was introduced to ensure greater consistency between forces in recording crime and to take a more victim-oriented approach to crime recording. Both these changes resulted in an increase in the number of crimes recorded, and need to be considered when looking at the trends in recorded crime.